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Coral Gables, Miami, Florida

Client

City of Coral Gables

Size

240,000 sq ft

Program

Resilient Streetscape

Collaborators

Cooper, Robertson & Partners, Rodriguez and Quiroga, Geomantic Designers, Fisher Marantz Stone, Two Twelve, Via, Coastal Systems International, Emtec Corp., Silman, Robin Hill Photography

Year

2017

Awards

Miracle Mile

A living streetscape designed to mitigate intense rainfalls

Local collaborated with Cooper, Robertson & Partners on a new vision for the four-block commercial and cultural heart of Coral Gables, Florida, known locally as “The Miracle Mile.”

Miracle Mile in The New York Times

Miracle Mile in The New Yorker

Client

City of Coral Gables

Size

240,000 sq ft

Program

Resilient Streetscape

Collaborators

Cooper, Robertson & Partners, Rodriguez and Quiroga, Geomantic Designers, Fisher Marantz Stone, Two Twelve, Via, Coastal Systems International, Emtec Corp., Silman, Robin Hill Photography

Year

2017

Awards

Upgrading the streetscape for resilience and an increased focus on the pedestrian while preserving the existing monuments and mature live oaks required a creative solution to the grading and drainage.

Local designed a Living Streetscape that functions as networked green infrastructure providing flood protection.

The combination of porous paving and structural soil promotes a networked root system, maximizing tree capacity to manage groundwater levels through evapotranspiration.

The design team worked with the Percent-for-Art initiative to identify sites for public sculpture amongst the vibrant new plantings, modern street furniture, and enhanced pedestrian crossings. As a result, the patterned tiling creates an artful cityscape, functioning as blue infrastructure.

Lush planted buffers

Preserving mature Live Oaks

Integrated lighting design

Pedestrian experience

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